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The Search for Public Services Efficiency: Structure of the Public Sector and Drivers of Outsourcing

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The chapter aims to present the administrative and regulatory framework of the Danish public sector, as in terms of employment relations institutions and actors, the collective bargaining structures and the main drivers underpinning outsourcing in public services. The objective is to provide an informative institutional background for framing and understanding the processes of outsourcing in public services in the country and the consequences for working conditions, trade unions, employment relations and the role of the state. Hence, after an introductory administrative overview of the country, the chapter presents the main transformations and reforms of public sector employment relations and the country-specific institutions. The following section describes the most relevant social partners in the public services and their organisational structure and composition. A final section examines the main drivers of outsourcing in Denmark and, in particular, the policy plans promoting market competition in public services.

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Mori, A. (2020). The Search for Public Services Efficiency: Structure of the Public Sector and Drivers of Outsourcing. In: Employment Relations in Outsourced Public Services. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24627-3_4

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